About Sikni Village

Sikni is a small village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 178 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822133
Area (hectares)	75.62 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	178
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sikni compares

By the 2011 count Sikni is the 60th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 75.62 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Sikni

Sikni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sikni as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sikni from other places

Sikni lies about 7.4 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 6.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sikni
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	6.7 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	7.4 km

Villages closest to Sikni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meral tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sikni

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikni village had a population of 337. That makes it the 60th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Sikni village has 178 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikni has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Sikni is 822133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikni covers 75.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikni falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikni is Meralgram, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sikni.

Sikni is about 7.4 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikni is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 6.1 km away. Meral is about 6.7 km away. Garhwa is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.